Ms.
Cadreche was mixing a
batch of glue and borax
solution to make silly putty
and discovered a new
substance that glows in the
dark. She gave Mr. Micek the
specific amounts of
ingredients and the steps of
the procedure. She asked Mr.
Micek to try the experiment
to see if he gets the same
results.
Gabriela is conducting an
experiment to see whether or
not salt water will affect
insects in the everglades. An
environmental group
contacts Julie to get her
procedures so that they can
check her results.
Billy is testing golf balls. He
drops three different brands
of balls from 40 cm and
measures how high they
bounce. He drops each ball
10 times.
Mike has taught his pet rat to
run a maze. He thinks that
the rat will go faster if he puts
its favorite treat at the end.
He has the rat run the maze
ten times with the favorite
treat and ten times with a
regular food pellet. He uses a
stopwatch to measure how
long it takes for the rat to get
to the reward.
Mr. Edwards goes to Lake
Okeechobee each week for 4
weeks and collects 5 samples
of water to test the pH.
Dr. Smith has been reading
about another scientist's
research in a physics journal.
He plans to do these
experiments himself and see
if he gets the same result.